Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
एवं यो यजमानस्य यश्च तेषां द्विजन्मनाम् ।
कश्चिज्जलान्नविक्षेपः शुचिरुच्छिष्ट एव वा ॥
evaṃ yo yajamānasya yaś ca teṣāṃ dvijanmanām / kaś cij jalānnavikṣepaḥ śucir ucchiṣṭa eva vā
अशा प्रकारे पाणी व अन्न यांचे जे काही शिंपडणे/टाकणे होते—ते यजमानाचे असो वा द्विजांचे—ते शुद्ध असो किंवा उच्छिष्टही असो…
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The teaching broadens the field of ritual consequence: even what is classified as ‘leftover’ can function within dharmic causality when connected to sacred hospitality and śrāddha contexts.
Ācāra/Dharma; it systematizes ritual effects rather than narrating cosmogenesis or dynasties.
The śuci/ucchiṣṭa polarity is relativized: when embedded in yajña-structure, remnants are not mere waste but transformed substance carrying ‘ritual charge’ (saṃskāra).